The assessment of at-risk infants and toddlers with the Bayley Mental Scale and the Battelle Developmental Inventory: Beyond the data
✍ Scribed by Kathryn C. Gerken; Michelle J. Eliason; Chris R. Arthur
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 522 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3085
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✦ Synopsis
The purpose of this study was to compare the usefulness of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BS1D)-Mental Scales and the Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) in assessing the abilities of infants and toddlers from teen-parent families. The 34 children lived with their mothers, who ranged in age from 15 to 21. The results of the study indicate that these two developmental instruments cannot be used interchangeably and that one needs to look beyond the psychometric data in order to understand the results of infant and toddler assessment. The correlation between the BSID-Mental Development Index (MDI) and BDI Total score was -.03. Requests for reprints should be sent to Kathyrn C. Gerken, Psychological and Quantitative Foundations,